Novi Sad

Novi Sad with 300.000 inhabitants is the second largest city in Serbia. The oldest areas of the city were made in the middle of the XVIII century. The place, which is always gladly visited by every tourist, is Petrovaradin fortress – one of the largest fortresses in Europe. Novi Sad is also a centre of entertainment. One of the most famous music manifestations EXIT is held every July within the walls of the fortress, then Film Festival, Music Players Festival.

In the centre of the city, at the Square of Liberty, dominates a cathedral built at the end of the XIX century. Many rich citizens of Novi Sad donated money for the building of the cathedral. Opposite the cathedral is a City Hall built in 1895 and a monument dedicated to Svetozar Miletic, a politician and a mayor of Novi Sad in the second half of the XIX century. The square of Liberty is, at the same time, a place where many cultural manifestation are held.  The centre of entertainment during hot summer days is Strand, 700 m long beach on the Danube. Around 15 000 people visit this place daily.  Along the beach, there are restaurants, cafes, and high trees that make good shade. Regardless there is a rescue team at the beach, visitors should be careful and swim only in allowed areas.

The oldest preserved church is Nikolay`s church- an orthodox church dedicated to the moving of relics of Saint Nikola.  It was built in baroque style in 1730 as a mausoleum of Bogdanovic family from Novi Sad.  In 1864 the conflict arouse between Serbs and Hungarian revolutionary government.  Bombing the city from the fortress, the Hungarian army destroyed the city and the church also.  In this very church, the sons of Mileva and Albert Einstein were christened in 1913.  They lived for some time in Novi Sad.  On the place where Jewish palaces had stood, in a style of Hungarian secession, one of the biggest synagogues in this part of Europe was built. It happened between 1906 and 1909.  It is in the centre of the city, Jevrejska Street 11. 

The museum of Vojvodina is one of the oldest institutions in this field in Serbia.  It is placed in Dunavska Street 35 and 37.  Regular displays of the museum are archeology, history, and ethnology.
Telephone: 021-42-05-66.

The City Museum is located in the Petrovaradinska fortress, and inside it, there are departments for archeology, ethnology, history and history of art.  The museum organizes visits to underground tunnels of the fortress.  The net of canals is with its length in total – 16 km, one of the biggest in Europe. Only one part of the canal is open to visitors – 1 km.

Tourist organization Novi Sad
021- 43 – 31- 45

Distance
Belgrade 90 km